Doha Youth Innovation Photography Award 2020

Eligibilities

• General conditions:
  • Participants must be from 18 to 30 years old for both genders.
  • The participant must adhere to the event’s regulations and procedures as stated by the organizing committee
• Technical Criteria for Participation in the Photography Theme:
  • The participation would be open from July 1 to October 31, 2019, through registration and following up the participation steps on the website. This is an essential step for those wishing to participate.
  • The participant has the right to submit between five and ten pictures, in the form of a story told in photographs –a series of interconnected photographs for the third theme only.
  • The participant has the right to submit up to 3 photographs in each of the other themes.
  • The photograph must be consistent with the contest theme and interests.
  • The participant can register in at least one theme, and he or she can participate in any of the five themes, provided that he or she participates on behalf of only one country.
  • One photograph can only be shared in one theme and cannot be re-shared in another theme or within the collection of photographs designated to the third theme.
  • The participant undertakes that the submitted photographs are his or her own, not duplicated or copied from another source.
  • The participant undertakes to submit the original photographs in the event he or she succeeds to attain the final stages of the competition.
  • Submitted photographs must be taken during the five years preceding the closing date of the contest.
  • Digital adjustments to improve (colour saturation, cropping, and lighting) are allowed. However, no external elements should be added to the photograph.
  • Photographs that include any kind of nudity, contradict public morality, or illustrate offensive content to countries, beliefs or persons in any form, directly or implicitly, will not be accepted.
  • Framed photographs that include texts or signatures will not be accepted.
  • Photographs that exhibit violence, incitement to hatred or violation of human or animal rights will not be accepted.
  • Photographs portraying celebrities will not be accepted without submitting a written consent from the photographed person.
  • Photographs with deleted EXIF ​​data will not be accepted.
  • The Qatari Ministry of Culture and Sports has the right to use the photographs while retaining the photographers’ intellectual property.
  • Juries’ composition will be announced as soon as the competition is closed for submissions.
  • The decisions reached by the juries are final and may not be objected or challenged.
  • The photographer undertakes that the picture submitted to the competition belongs to him or her.
  • Photographs must not have won in other competitions before.
  • The pictures are to be sent on the event’s link, and no other means of sending the photographs would be accepted at their website.
  • Submitted photographs must be in JPEG format with high quality 300 DPI and no less than 2400 pixels for the photographs’ largest angle.
  • The size of the image must not exceed 10 MB.
  • The sent work file shall bear the person’s first and last name (in English).
  • The participation of the artist in the contest is an implicit acknowledgement of the intellectual property of the participating works of art, without the administration having any legal consequences or responsibilities related to the rights of others.
  • Participation will be cancelled if the participant fails to comply with the above terms.